Tie-pin-display device.



M. FRANK.

TIE PIN-DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 20.1918.

1,290,962- Patented Jan.14,1919.

MORRIS FRANK, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

TIE-PIN-DISPLAY DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

Application led July 20, 1918. Serial No. 245,844.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known thatI, MORRIS FRANK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Pin-DisplayDevices, of which) the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a tie pin display device, or'a device foreiciently displaying stick pins or tie pins in a store.

The object of the invention is the construction of a simple displaydevice that comprises a paper or card board frame which i will hold in apeculiar way a cloth representing a neck tie, and to which cloth thestick pin to be displayed is attached.

`With this and other objects in view the invention comprises certainnovel construc-v tions and combinations as shall be fully illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, specifically described in the followingspeciiication, and morefparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the|drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a device constructed in accordancewith the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the front portion of the device, showing therear cover or flap torn away.

Fig. 3 is a sectional views'` taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of anotherA embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 5 is a view of the back of the front ofthe device, vshowing therear cover or fiap torn away, this view being similar to the view of theembodiment shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6 6, Fig. 4. A f

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1'\ designates the front of thedevice which is preferably made of cardboard, and this front portion isprovided with a substan.

tially diamond-shaped opening 2 that terminates at its upper end inpoints or insides diverge for permitting the cloth 4 to resemble theshape-of the bow ofa tie. The opening 2 is formed by cutting away thefront portion 1, producing a backing tongue 2a, Fig. 2, that is alsoplaced behind the cloth 4, and when 'the tonguev .2a is pressed forwardinto the opening 2 the cloth 4 will be forced into the opening to makeit ,stand outp, to a certain extent, for better display purposes, thecloth being kept from slipping out of place or creeping by the points orprojecting portions 3 3.

The representation of an ordinary collar is printed, or otherwisedisclosed, at 7 upon the front of the front portion 1, 'making thedisplay device more realistic.

The rear covering or flap 5 may or may not be glued or pasted over theface of the front portion 1, tongue 2a and the cloth or fabric 4; theforcing of the tongue 2a into the display opening 2 of the cardboardfront portion 1 will sufficiently retain the cloth 4 in position,especially by reason of the peculiar structure of the opening 2, asherein before described, and the corresponding registering structure ofthe tongue 2a.

The stickpin 8 is then fastened to the cloth in any desired position, asbest suits the `operator or salesman in the store, and

after the stick' pin has .been placed upon the cloth 4, a veryattractive display device may be exhibited in the window or in the showcases for the stick pin.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 4 to 6, the structure is very similarto that disclosed in the embodiment shown in Figs.A 1 to 3, for in theembodiment shown in Figs. 4 to 6, I use the front cardboard portion 1with a diamond-like opening 2 formed therein; I also use a cloth'orpiece of fabric 4 to show through the opening 2, and I use a rear Han orcovering 5 to fold over the rear face of the front portion 1 and cloth4. However in this embodiment Ido not entirely cut away the portion 3aat the place where the points 3 3 are formed in-the firstdescribedembodiment, as I leave this strip 3a to support a very small pin 8 thatacts as a hook or fastener for forming an additional holding means forthe fabric or cloth 4,

whereby said fabric is assisted in being se-` opening 2, to a certaineXtent, and also affords an additional surface to which to attach thestick pin 10. Upon referring to Fig. 6, it will be seen more clearly howthe parts of this embodiment are assembled, the small pin 8 acting as aneiicient auxiliary securing means for holdin." the portion of the cloth4, representing the bow, in a kprojected position through the opening,making the same represent more clearly the ordinary full sized stringneckti't.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that I haveproduced a display device for stick pins comprising a preferably stilicardboard front, with peculiar opening and auxiliary means fordisplaying a piece of cloth representing a tie, through the open. ing,and I reserve the right to make such minor alterations or modificationsas shall fairly fall within the scope ofthe appendedclaims.

What I claim is:

1. A tie pin display device, comprising a stiff rectangular frontportion provided With a single display opening, a single tongue-integral With said front portion and of the same shape as said displayopening for holding a piece of cloth representing a necktie in saidentire opening, and a rear rectangular flap connected to the frontportion and adapted to be pasted against the rear face of ithe frontportion.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a tie pin display device, comprisinga rectangular cardboard front portion, said front portion having asingle diamond-like opening terminating at its'upper end in twoinwardlyprojecting points and then diverging toward the extreme upper orinner end from said points, a single tongue hinged to the front portionand conforming to the shape of the entire opening therein, and arectangular Hap'secured to said front portion and being adapted to foldover the rear face of the .rectangular front portion and the rear faceof the tongue.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

MORRIS FRANK.

